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Tommy looked around. They seemed to be in a car. when did they get in the car again? Weird.
“We’re on our way to Phil’s.” Puffy suddenly spoke up. This was Puffy’s car? Oh yeah, Phil. I guess they were on the way to Phil’s. They probably fell asleep.
“Ah, alright. When will we get there?”
“In about… 5 minutes?” Jeez, that was soon. Well ok, guess they had some time.
They looked out the window, looking at the area. It was pretty naturey, full of forests and plants. Which was exciting, considering that Tommy liked plants. They hoped there was a flower field nearby. Wait, why were they thinking like that? It’s not like they would be staying long anyway.
The car slowed down in front of a light green house. It was 2 stories tall, with one of those windows that kinda sit out of the wall, what were they called, bay windows? Anyways, there was a garden in the front, full of different types of flowers. Honestly, it was pretty looking.
Puffy parked the car in the driveway, turning off the car and turning to Tommy.
“Ready to go?”
“Yeah.”
They got out of the car, Tommy grabbing their bag from the back and walking towards the door. Tommy gestured at the door, silently telling Puffy to open the door. She knocked, the door opening fairly quick. A tall person opened the door, wearing a yellow sweater and a simple red beanie. They looked excited to see them.
“Oh! You must be Tommy?” They nodded.
“I’m Wilbur. Phil will be down in a minute. You can come inside if you would like.” They said, smiling. It looked genuine.
They walked inside, looking around the room. They entered into a hallway, with an opening on both sides, and stairs in front of them. There were pictures on the walls, and a table on the right side with backpacks on it, with shoes under it. Tommy took off their shoes and put them under the backpacks.
Suddenly, a man ran down the stairs, wearing a green cape(?) with sweatpants on under it. He stopped in front of them, catching his breath before looking up at them.
“You- are Tommy?”
“Uh-“ weird way to say that. “Yeah??” His face brightened.
“I’m Phil, sorry for taking so long, I was working on something upstairs. Wilbur, can you show him around?”
“Yeah sure,” Wilbur said with a smile.
“Let’s go Tommy” He pointed at the room on the left, walking to the doorway. Tommy followed quickly waving at Puffy on their way.
As they entered the room Tommy realized that it was the kitchen. There was an island in the middle of the room, it was surrounded by stools on one side and had storage on the other.
“This is the kitchen, Phil’s room, and the pantry/laundry are in there.” He pointed at two doors on the right side of the room. “That’s all that's really in here.” He turned and started walking to the room on the other side of the hall.
Inside there was a fireplace, though they were pretty sure it was fake, seeing how it wasn’t lit and the heat was still coming from it. They had a light brown couch, it was one of the U-shaped ones. Next to the couch was a matching armchair, with a grey cat sitting on it.
On the other side of the room was a big dining table, with about eight seats. It was a darker wood, with a red tint to it. There was a flower-like shape burned into the center of the table. It looked to be a daisy? Maybe Tommy was thinking into it too much.
“This is the living room and dining room. You can either sit in here or at the stools at dinner. Dad doesn’t really care.” He told them with a shrug. “Let’s head upstairs.”
He started up the stairs, Tommy trailing behind him. When they reached upstairs Tommy noticed how 2 doors were decorated and the other 2 weren’t. One had Wilbur’s name on it and a ton of different music-themed stickers. The other had a pink T and a simple crown drawn above it.
Wilbur turned towards Tommy pointing to the empty doors.
“You can choose between those rooms, honestly, I would choose that one,” he turned and looked at the door next to the T door.
“It has one of those sit-in windows, you probably saw it from outside.” And yeah, he was right. Tommy did want that one.
“Uh, I’ll take that one.” Wilbur smiled.
“Great! You share a bathroom with Techno.” Who the fuck was Techno????
“You can go look in your room if you’d like. There’s a door in there that leads to the bathroom. Don’t go in Tech’s room though, it doesn’t really like other people in their room.”
Wilbur then started to walk towards the room Tommy would be staying in. He walked in, and Tommy followed.
Inside was a simple bed in the back left corner next to a desk and a bedside table. The bed had simple blue bedding and white sheets. There was a grey rug in front of the bed, Tommy didn’t like how it felt. Suddenly Wilbur spoke.
“This is all just temporary stuff, we can buy different stuff later.” He clapped his hands, making Tommy jump.
“Alright! You can come back downstairs with me if you’d like, but I’m going downstairs.”
“Oh, ok.” They both walked downstairs as Puffy was getting ready to leave. Tommy walked over to Puffy just as she finished talking to Phil.
“Oh, Tommy! I was just about to call you. I’m leaving.”
“Bye Puffy…” Puffy smiled at them sadly.
“ You can call me if you need anything ok? Bye Toms.” She grabbed her bag and walked out the door.
Phil clapped his hands together.
“Ok! I’m going to start on dinner, Tommy you can go up to your room if you’d like, I don’t really mind. Dinner should be done in like an hour.” Phil then walked into the kitchen, Wilbur following close behind. Tommy decided to turn around and go up the stairs into the room their staying in.
They set their bag down on the floor, not bothering to unpack. The only things they took out were a huge shirt, shorts, and their sketchbook. They took off their binder and put on the clothes. They then sat down at their desk, opening their sketchbook. They sketched a couple flowers they could see out their window while waiting for dinner.
They wanted to go out and walk around the forest later, but they didn’t want to get in trouble already so they didn’t. Suddenly, a harsh knock sounded from the door making them flinch.
“Hey, uh, dinners ready if you want to come down, you don’t have to Phil will just bring you your food.” The voice was deep and monotone, probably the ‘Techno’ Wilbur was talking about.
Tommy stayed seated at the desk, waiting for him to leave.
“Uh, ok, I’ll have Phil bring up your food.” Tommy could hear his footsteps going down the stairs and disappearing. Honestly, they weren’t even hungry so they didn’t bother to grab the food before laying down in bed.
They laid down in the bed, staring out the window as they tried to sleep. They could hear the sound of people downstairs talking, making it hard to Eventually though, they managed to fall into a dreamless sleep.